Hiding a field from a section editor

Hi,

You can set the field to be:
- Admin Only - Field can only be modified by admin or editor user

Regular users won't see the field.

To do this, Admin > Section Editors > Membership - click modify for the field to hide.

Then in the bottom of the popup in the Advanced Options area, check Field Attributes box for:
- Admin Only - Field can only be modified by admin or editor user

Thanks Damon.

I already tried that, but since many of the folks that modify the section are classified as "editors" the field shows up for them and is editable.

Best,

Jerry

There's nothing that really does that right now and I can't think of a quick and simple work-around.

I could tell where to modify the code to make it some admin only fields weren't available to editors (who are kind of like section admins).

Would that work? If not we'd have to get more creative.

Thanks Dave,

That would probably work, and might be a nice addition to the advanced options somewhere down the road. That would keep those well intentioned "editors" from getting into too much trouble.

Best,

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

Here's some code changes you could make to make adminOnly fields not available to editors (who are section Admins)

Be sure to make backups and test any changes. Also remember to not upgrade without copying your custom changes over. One way to remember this is to create a file in /cmsAdmin/ called DO_NOT_UPGRADE.readme that lists your custom code changes so you'll remember. (That's what we do).

- Open /cmsAdmin/lib/menus/default/edit_functions.php
- Search for "!$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']" and remove the crossed out code:
if (@$fieldHash['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { continue; } // skip admin only fields

- Open /cmsAdmin/lib/menus/default/save.php
- Search for "!$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']" and remove the crossed out code (two lines):
if (@$fieldSchema['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { continue; } // skip admin only fields
if (@$fieldSchema['adminOnly'] && !$CURRENT_USER['isAdmin'] && !$GLOBALS['hasEditorAccess']) { continue; } // skip admin only fields

Hope that helps! Let me know if that works for you.

Yes, down the road we'll want to have thinks like group permissions and more fine grained access control. But there's a lot of scenarios to consider for that so it would probably be the focus on an upgrade release by itself.

Worked like a charm.

Thanks

Jerry